Hull City's falling attendance has been well publicised this season and indeed the last, with the introduction of a much-maligned membership scheme and the lack of concessions coinciding with a significant drop in attendances.

Crowd figures are showing a sign of lifting a little in recent weeks on the back of a returned positivity to the club, on the pitch at least, with Nigel Adkins' team climbing the league ladder and following six successive victories, getting themselves into the play-off fight.

City's current average attendance of 12,592 sees them ranked 21st in terms of highest average attendances throughout the Championship. That figure represents an average of 50.4 per cent of the KCOM Stadium's capacity, and that percentage is the second worst in the division, with only Wigan Athletic boasting a worse figure.

With many supporters staying away under the Allam family's ownership that figure may not significantly rise for some time.

Leeds United may be leading the Championship in points but the have not quite topped the table for highest attendance in the league this season.

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The Whites have a four-point lead over Sheffield United and Norwich City with more than half the season played and are averaging 32,303 supporters per home game, only enough for the second highest average attendance per home match.

Topping the table are Aston Villa, who boast an impressive average of 34,693 per outing at Villa Park this season despite the Villans languishing out of the playoff spots in 12th place.

Of course, both Villa and Leeds have the added advantage over their rivals of larger stadia, giving them the opportunity to record higher attendances.

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In terms of filling out their respective home grounds it is Norwich who have succeeded most in that regard with 94% of tickets for games at Carrow Road sold this season, just ahead of Swansea City who have filled 93.6% of their capacity at the Liberty Stadium.

Nottingham Forest, meanwhile take the bronze on both counts with their average attendance of 27,860 good for 91% of the City Ground’s capacity, both of which are good for third in the league.

At the other end of things, Blackburn Rovers (45.7%) and Wigan Athletic (48.9%) are the only teams to have failed to shift even half their tickets this season, a threshold Hull City (50.4%) and Bolton Wanderers (50.8%) have both just about met.

Rotherham have the lowest average attendance in the league at 9,684 but that’s still enough to fill 80.7% of New York Stadium’s 12,000 capacity, while Wigan’s second worst capacity rate has translated into the third worst attendance in the league with an average of just 12,279 fans showing up to the DW Stadium.

In all, the average Championship team has attracted an average attendance of 19,822 supporters per home game, good for an average 71.9% capacity.